[PHNUTR-L] Cornell Childhood Obesity Course: Registration Open!

[Christina Stark]

Dear colleagues:

Greetings from Cornell NutritionWorks, the online professional development program at www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu<http://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu/>.

Registration is now open!
Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach
January 27 through March 9, 2010

Go to www.ecornell.com/cnw<http://www.ecornell.com/cnw>  to register and for more information. There is a link to a course outline under the More Information section on this page. Note you can take the course as an individual or as part of a team. Please contact me for more details.

 Here are some comments from those who have already taken this course:
 “This course was extremely timely in my work in community health.”
“Overall, I felt the course was easy to use and well done. Thank you!”
“This ecological approach has been extremely useful... It is empowering!"

Please note, to enroll in the course, you first need to be a member of Cornell NutritionWorks. Membership is free. If you aren't already a member, go to www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu<http://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu/>.  You will then need to complete the separate eCornell course enrollment process and submit payment via credit card
at www.ecornell.com/cnw<http://www.ecornell.com/cnw>.

A brief summary of the course is below. Note, space in the course is limited, so register now!

Please feel free to forward this message to interested colleagues.

Christina
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Childhood obesity is of concern to many members of the community. Faculty in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell have developed an in-depth online course to help guide you in taking an ecological approach to preventing childhood obesity in a local community. An ecological approach leads you through a series of assessments (of behavior, of the environment, and then of specific local factors) to help you diagnose the underlying causes of excessive weight gain in children. An intervention based on this approach is more likely to be effective because it focuses on changes needed at the local level to support healthy eating and active living.

In this 6-week long course, you will be applying this approach, while focusing on a community where you work, via a four-part project that runs through the course. A facilitator will interact with you and other participants throughout the course.   The format provides structured flexibility, which allows you to work on your own time and at your own pace, but within structured deadlines. The course is expected to take approximately 2 to 3 hours of time per week over the 6 weeks for a total of 12-18 hours.  Class size is limited to about 25.  The cost is $150 and the course provides 15 CPEUs.

If you have questions, contact nutritionworks at cornell.edu<mailto:nutritionworks at cornell.edu> .


Christina Stark, MS, RD, CDN

Senior Extension Associate
Program Leader, Cornell NutritionWorks
Division of Nutritional Sciences
351 MVR Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-2141, Fax: 607-255-0027
E-mail: nutritionworks at cornell.edu<mailto:nutritionworks at cornell.edu>
Web: www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu<http://www.nutritionworks.cornell.edu/>


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